TRENDING TANKING
DOLLY PARTON
THE country music legend, right, ploughed $1m (£814,000) of her own money into the Vanderbilt University Medical Center – a partner of the US company Moderna that has developed a Covid-19 vaccine. Altogether now: “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiiiine....”
COFFEE MACHINES
WITH many of us still working from home, there has been a rush to buy coffee machines to replicate our daily lattes and flat whites. Online electricals retailer, AO.com, reported a 412% year-on-year increase in sales of coffee machines.
JORDAN NORTH
ANT and Dec described the BBC Radio DJ as the most frightened contestant in the history of I’m A Celebrity as he faced his fear of snakes for a trial. Despite being trapped in a box with live reptiles, Jordan, 30, and campmate Shane Richie secured nine stars for camp.
VICAR OF DIBLEY
DAWN FRENCH will be reprising her role in the clerical comedy as a festive treat. The BBC confirmed that the star would be returning for the iconic show’s Christmas special, titled The Vicar of Dibley In Lockdown.
NIGELLA LAWSON
THE TV chef found herself being mocked on social media this week after she lectured viewers on how to make toast and revealed her ‘two-step buttering approach’ on her BBC2 show Cook, Eat, Repeat. We can’t see that little ‘dish’ doing much to help with the nation’s obesity crisis.
EASYJET
THE budget airline has reported pre-tax losses of £1.27billion for the year to September 30, marking the first loss in the company’s 25-year history. The losses come after passenger numbers halved to 48.1 million as the coronavirus pandemic crippled the aviation industry.
DIESEL AND PETROL CARS
A BAN on buying new petrol and diesel cars is to be brought forward from 2040 to 2030. Boris Johnson revealed the change as part of his “Ten Point Plan” for a “green industrial revolution”.
BORIS JOHNSON
SPEAKING of the Prime Minister, he is back in self isolation after meeting an MP at Number 10 who later went on to test positive for Covid-19. Even though he has had coronavirus already, the PM is required to complete the 14-day quarantine.